🆕 Food and Agriculture Organization’s Statistical Yearbook for 2022 is now available❗️ #DYK that fruits & vegetable comprise 2⃣0⃣% of total food exports value❓ Learn this & much more in the FAO Statistical Yearbook👇 🍇🍎🍑🥦🍆🥕 #StatisticsTwitter 📕fao.org/documents/card…

Special Issue Call for Papers on “Linking Farmers to Markets: Barriers, Solutions, and Policy Options” for publishing in Economic Analysis and Policy (IF=4.444). Opportunities for presenting at Asian Development Bank Institute Virtual Conference. Dil Rahut Wanglin Ma sciencedirect.com/journal/econom…

Thanks Khoa Vu! If you want to catch up on DiD, including papers, code, reading materials, workshops etc, visit: asjadnaqvi.github.io/DiD/ It is updated every 3-4 months and pretty much keeps track of the latest DiD developments.

Taking notes 📝 Hoping typical tools like Turnitin can also detect AI-written texts

Thank you! I'm yet to "test" Turnitin's capability to detect AI. Interested in knowing what adjustments people do in response to this development. I'm not overwhelmingly concerned at the moment as my students do industry/client issue-based assessments.

Useful 📝 thanks Mushtaq Bilal, PhD! Learnt about ChatGPT's fake citations in my first trial. Tested it again yesterday and it gave me a fake reference "written" by me and two of my social media contacts who also research on agriculture. I wonder what it tells about its algorithm

If ChatGPT and Google Scholar got married, their child would be Consensus — an AI-powered search engine. Here's how to use it:

AgriFutures Australia has released plans to expand the emerging seaweed industry into a $100 million sector supporting 1,200 full-time jobs in regional Australia. AgriFutures Australia agrifutures.com.au/news/plan-in-p…

Agriculture productivity growth is impressive but future growth will rely heavily on R&D - more than ever! Low hanging fruit have been picked in Australia- great talk by Peter Gooday ABARES #ABARESOutlook

Yesterday ABARES Outlook 2023, we announced an exciting, cross-sectoral approach to the development of a carbon footprint solution for ag, fisheries and forestry - a collaboration across 12 RDCs #ABARESOutlook #collaboration #aginnovation aginnovationaustralia.com.au/news/Cross-sec…

"If we act now, we can still secure a liveable sustainable future for all.” (IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee)

Exciting job opportunity in #agribusiness research for development at an outstanding organisation ACIAR you get to work with passionate researchers and leaders from around the world and make a difference! Check it out!

🌾New review paper 🌾Technology-related attributes are generally more important in the adoption of improved rice varieties compared to household, farm biophysical, or institutional/access-related attributes. doi.org/10.1016/j.rsci… Jaquie Mitchell Agcollabworks UQ Science

Won't be surprised to see if the change applies to Australian live cattle exports to Indonesia in the future gcaptain.com/new-zealand-of…

Me: I'm working on a grant application My mum: Why important?What for? Who will benefit from your #research? Long-term goal? Me: *contemplating on whether I should just hide or present an Impact Pathway graph to her #academia Academic Mom, PhD

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A bit of reality check showing how vulnerable our #food chains are to disruptions news.com.au/lifestyle/food…

ACIAR project mid-term review was another great opportunity to interact with smallholder farmers - project learnings and transformative impact stories ACIAR ACIARVietnam Shona Wood Gomathy Palaniappan Julia Checco Tinh Thai UQ News UQ Science

Did you know #GEDSI is a growing priority in #STEM across 🇮🇩? This week, 25 participants from research, government & public sectors commence the Australia Awards Short Course on Inclusive Leadership in STEM. Led by #UQ Yasmina Sultanbawa Risti Permani & funded by @DFAT Rod Brazier